Synopses & Reviews
"[Walker's] well-focused, clearly written essays demonstrate the conformity and the challenges to conventional expectations defining 'women poets.' Walker's work makes a significant contribution to an often neglected area of American literary history." --Library Journal
"Based on close reading and explication of the texts, Walker brings fresh insights to each poet."
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-216) and index.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Women and Feminine Literary Traditions-Amy Lowell and the Androgynous Persona
3. Women and Selfhood-Sara Teasdale and the Passionate Virgin Persona
4. Women and Aggression- Elinor Wylie and the Woman Warrior Persona
5. Women and Time-H.D. and the Greek Persona
6. Women on the Market-Edna St. Vincent Millay's Body Language
7. Women and the Retreat to the Mind-Louise Bogan and the Stoic Persona
8. The Sound of Nightingales
Notes
Index